Weaning

We have begun!
Olivia is now 6 months old-how FAST has that gone? Only seems like yesterday that i was in shock at having delivered her in the living room with no midwife lol
Look how much she has changed-
Birth


six months




I'm glad i waited till 6 months to properly start weaning as she seems so ready for it.
So far we've tried banana,nectarine,rice cakes,broccoli and toast.I must say toast is her favourite at the moment,she had TWO pieces this morning.I sat her in her bebepod and plonked them in front of her,she picked a piece up straight away and started gumming it,a little bit of gagging but nothing major,I read a good tip that says count to ten when they start gagging,Olivia has cleared it herself by number 3.
At the moment she is happily squeaking away and rolling over lol.
Ah weaning is so fun and messy,i love it!!!

Frump Lump

I am in dire need of a makeover.I feel like such a frump.I think i may treat myself to some new clothes from the catalogue seeing as i owe less than £100 now :) and its my birthday in a few week.I need cheering up! lol Also thinking of dying my hair bright red but i have to go blond first which will not be pleasant haha but worth it,it's just finding the time to actually do it!
Update on the kiddies,they have been poorly with a virus,which has left Olivia with a bad cough bless,she wasn't feeding very well so we took her to the walk in centre just to make sure she was okay,I'm such a worrier but id rather be safe than sorry!! She seems alot better today,still coughing but all in all better! Madison though is getting cheekier by the day,i just cannot believe how clever she is!! She can count up to 10 now,when she has she says "Ready or not here i come" then comes over and tickles us,and she knows some French hehe she says "bonjour!" Ahh i love them so much!!!
Olivia will be six month old in 10 days which is when we will commence baby led weaning,she has had a few "tastes" as you know but seeing as shes been ill we've decided to leave trying her with anything else for a few weeks.I shall update and let you know how she gets on.
Plan for today,think i will get some eggs and do some baking with Madison,I've promised to do cakes with her for a week now lol she loves it!

First tastes

Olivia is 21 weeks old now and had a mushed up banana today! We just put some on a spoon,gave it her and she put it straight to her mouth and wolfed it down! This was after a full milk feed too,she was still crying as if she was hungry and she was!

I don't know whether to do a few homemade purees for a few weeks or to jump straight into BLW?.She can sit up well when supported and has extremely good head control.I think ill try her with a piece of brocholli and take it from there,see how she gets on.

Sleep is still not going well,we had 6+ wakeups for milk last night and also a 4.30am poop! Yuck i wasn't expecting that lol.Bath,milky,bed seems to be working on settling Olivia shes asleep now in my arms.Wish me luck on attempt #1 on putting her in her cot lol.

I am surprised

I am surprised at how different Olivia is to Madison.Olivia is now rolling over! Madison didn't roll over until at least 6/7 months,that being said Olivia has been able to hold her own head up from birth,the midwife said she had never seen such a strong baby and that she was more like a one month old than a newborn.
We are now hearing more and more noises too,Olivia sounds so squeaky bless,she makes me giggle when i see her trying to get her toy frog whilst holding onto her feet lol.
I have just weighed her on my digital scales and she has put on approx 3oz in two weeks eek,I know what to expect tomorrow the "weaning" word.I will not be weaning her though as she is satisfied with milk.If she was like Madison at her age who was on horrible baby rice,(I know so much more than i did then!),I'd think she was ready for weaning as Madison used to feed every hour even through the night whereas Olivia feeds every 2/3 hours.
Nap time now yippee,hopefully we will have around two hours,you know your a mum when you get excited about nap time haha.
Pointless post really but i just want to keep date of Olivias milestones!
Hopefully will be updating with some toothy grins soon lol

The Big Bed Transition

Madison finally went into her big bed on Saturday night,it only took two attempts of getting her in there,which is alot less than i thought then she was fast asleep.Although she did wake up at 5am,I hate 5am wake ups! I am quite surprised that she hasn't started running around her room in the morning,she just sits in the bed with her Louie lamb bless.My little girl is not so little anymore!

My littlest Magoo Olivia is teething so badly i really feel for her,her bottom gums are red raw and two little white teeth are trying to poke through.Madison keeps saying "babies peggys coming" lol.Teething gel does work to a point but last night she was hysterical with them,usually putting her on the boob will settle her but she wouldn't even have that.Sometimes i just think that i would like a break,is that bad?
I don't seem to have time to even go to the loo in peace anymore.I love Olivia but i just need sleep,I do more a less all the caring of Olivia,is it any wonder I'm starting to feel burnt out?
Hopefully our little holiday in 2 months time and Olivia starting solids will make things a little better.
**sigh**

What really gets my goat.

I am in a ranting mood so here goes.

People saying my daughter looks like a boy.She is in pink with a skirt on i don't know how much more girly she can possibly get!

People who wean their baby obscenely early ie-before 12 weeks old.Someone i know gave a seven week old baby a CHOCOLATE button! Poor baby belly having to digest that at such an early age.Olivia is 17 weeks old now and has had nothing but breastmilk.

An untidy house-I try my hardest to keep the house tidy but it seems to get untidier quicker than it takes to actually tidy up lol if we ever came into some money i'd definitely have a cleaner to actually tidy up lol.

People who panic buy.We went shopping for Christmas and seen a lady with SIX boxes of eggs! There is just no need it is not as if there isn't a single shop open.

Neighbours-Awful,loud,benefit scrounging scrotes! They have just got a new stereo which will no doubt be played wuth at all hours!

There is alot more as i am a new age Victor Meldrew but i have one grumpy little lady so will update later.